Tips For Printing In Colour; Printing Photographic Images; Printing From Microsoft Office Applications; Printing Specific Colours (E.g. A Company Logo) - Oki C301 User Manual

How your software application displays colour
Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour
differently from "Office" applications such as Microsoft Word. Please see your application's
on-line help or user manual for more information.
Paper type
The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour. For example, a
printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper.
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IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR
The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer.
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RINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting.
If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings.
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RINTING FROM ICROSOFT
Use the Monitor (9300k) setting. This may help if you are having problems with specific
colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint.
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RINTING SPECIFIC COLOURS
There are 2 utilities on your DVD-ROM that can help match specific colours:
> Colour Correct Utility
> Colour Swatch Utility
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DJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OR INTENSITY OF A PRINT
If the print is too light/dark, you can use the Brightness control to adjust it.
If the colours are too intense/not intense enough, use the Saturation control.
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FFICE APPLICATIONS
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E G A COMPANY LOGO
Colour printing (C301 and C511 only) > 34
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